The Restless Night
6.9
1958: during the Russian campaign, a military priest is called upon to assist Private Baranowski, who has been sentenced to death for desertion, on his last night. It is also the last night before the departure for Stalingrad, which the soldiers know means certain death. The priest leaves his room to a captain so that he can meet his fiancée one last time. He himself remains in Baranowski's cell and struggles with his conscience and his emotion - even more so when he learns that the young doomed man committed desertion out of love. But the execution is carried out, and a member of the firing squad finds only cynical words for the soldier's fate.
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Ulla Jacobsson
Melanie
Known for
Zulu
Smiles of a Summer Night
Bernhard Wicki
Priest Brunner
Known for
Paris, Texas
La Notte
Hansjörg Felmy
Fedor Baranowski
Known for
Torn Curtain
Scene of the Crime
Anneli Sauli
Ljuba
Known for
The Man Without a Past
The Mysterious Magician
Erik Schumann
Hauptmann von Arnim
Known for
Veronika Voss
Lili Marleen
Werner Hinz
Oberleutnant Ernst
Also in
The Longest Day
Eichholz & Söhne
Albert Bessler
Known for
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Peter Esser
Zahlmeister
Also in
The Buddenbrooks
The Trapp Family in America
Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum
Also in
Freunde fürs Leben
Polizeifunk ruft
Richard Münch
Kriegsgerichtsrat
Known for
Patton
The Train
Joseph Offenbach
Untersuchungsrichter
Known for
The Captain from Kopenick
Werner Peters
Known for
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Falk Harnack Director · Horst Budjuhn Writer Albrecht Goes Author
First release October 29, 1958 · Produced in Germany · Production Carlton-Film, Filmaufbau
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Real-Film
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Carlton-Film
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Filmaufbau
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Carlton Film Export
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Germany
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Original title
Unruhige Nacht
Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · October 29, 1958
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